(When) I play my stalkers pretty much as I always have. I never subscribed, nor practiced, the hit and run tactics that so many early stalkers did. I've always, always, stuck around and fought to the bitter end.
I haven't messed around too much with stalkers since the lasted revision, though i did do a tad bit of running around in GV with my el/el stalker just to get a feel for the assassin's focus mechanic...and i gotta say i like it. My usual pattern is BU > LR>AS baddie of choice (since LR doesn't break hide)>TS...then continue to scrap as normal. Now though, being able to toss out another big whammie attack in the middle of combat is just too friggin sweet.
I've got one or two lowbie stalkers that i kinda veered away from for a while (alt-itus reared its ugly head again) and i'm thinking about rolling up a staffer stalker. I'm finding it a fun set to play on my scrapper, and i plan on giving it a run on other AT's too.
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I still wish Focus could last for about 12s though. With 10s, sometimes I feel like I just have to dump my 3-focus right away even though that's way overkill. If I have a bit more time, I would rather find a more suitable target to use it on. 
I think the difference between Brute and Stalker is that Stalker should have more time to release that massive damage on a target of his choice. Before the new change, it was taking way too long (and interruptable) to release that massive damage.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
BU > AS > TS > dead squishy
Or auto-follow and shrakz on auto. for the annoyance factor
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My Dark/Dark/Soul stalker was the first of my characters to make it through all of the DA arcs.
A few issues back, when they made the effect of toggles disappear when he was hidden, made him much more effective.
I22 making AS useful in the attack chain after first strike gave me another useful powerful attack.
Void Judgement gave me just enough AoE to feel I wasn't just a ST murderer anymore.
I think the devs have made all the right moves to make Jacob Deyer feel like a powerful incarnate character, and not just a poser. I am finding myself continuing to want to play him, when a tough situation arrives. I know I can make it through.
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